Richard J. Landes, Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney
A Proven Negotiator and Trial Lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida
If your freedom is at stake, you can count on me to fight for it — skillfully and with genuine passion. I have the hard-won experience serious criminal cases demand, earned in state and federal courts throughout New York and Florida. That experience ranges across the spectrum from complex fraud and conspiracy charges to many drug possession, trafficking and cultivation charges with defendants facing the possibility of decades in prison or life sentences.
Decades of Experience Handling High-Stakes Criminal Cases
The basics of my background include earning an undergraduate degree from Fordham University and graduating from Brooklyn Law School. I was admitted to practice law in New York in 1986 and Florida in 1995. Following four trial-intensive years as an Assistant District Attorney, I established my own criminal defense practice and have since handled nearly every type of case imaginable — fighting for the rights and freedom of wage earners, professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and people accused of involvement with organized crime.
My mission is to make a life-changing difference for each client I represent throughout the Jacksonville area and northeast Florida. If you have been arrested and charged or contacted as part of an investigation, there is no time to lose. I encourage you to review my trial experience and follow the link above to learn more about me, or simply contact me now for game-changing protection of your record and your future.
Richard J. Landes, Criminal Defense Attorney
Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida Phone: 904-343-4556
Richard Landes has been a practicing criminal defense lawyer for twenty years. Before that, he was an Assistant District Attorney in New York City for four years, where he honed his courtroom skills and worked in the Economic Crimes Bureau, where he prosecuted a wide variety of white collar crimes.
Over the years, Richard has handled and tried every type of criminal case imaginable. He has come to specialize in complex criminal matter in both State and Federal Court, specifically conspiracies, kickback schemes in the construction industry, employment frauds, brokerage and financial schemes and frauds and money laundering.
Richard has also represented those involved in the large scale sale of oxycodone and marijuana, both prevalent in the State of Florida. He is also admitted to practice in the State of New York and has tried numerous cases in New York City.
Areas of Practice
- Marijuana Sale/Possession/Marijuana Farming
- White Collar Crimes
- Financial Crimes/Securities Fraud
- Criminal and Civil Tax Prosecutions
- Health Care/Medicaid/Medicare Fraud
- Viewing Child Pornography on the Internet
- Computer Crimes
- DUI Manslaughter
- Consumer Bankruptcy
- Oxycodone Sale/Possession
- DUI/DWI
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1986
- Florida, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 2000
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
- J.D. – June, 1984
- Honors: Member, Moot Court Honor Society
- Fordham University
- B.A. – May, 1981
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Four Years Winner of 1979/80 Writing Award given annually by the English Department
- Major: English
Published Works
- Mouthpiece, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Suppression of Evidence), Jan/Feb, 1996
Representative Cases
- United States v. Sabbagh et al. (District of Maryland 1992)
- People v. Cattell et al. (Westchester County 1996)
- United States v. Trainer (EDNY 1997)
- United States v. Gotti et al. (SDNY 1998)
- People v. Swift Sanitation et al. (Bronx County 1998)
- People v. D.H. Blair et al. (New York County 2000)
- USA v. Charles Novak et al. (EDNY 2002)
- USA v. Speck (EDNY 2005)
- People v. Barbado et al. (New York County 2006)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- CJA Panel, Southern District of New York, Member, 2003 – 2009
- CJA Panel, Middle District of Florida, Member, 2009 – Present
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Jacksonville Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Office of Richard Landes, Esq., 1991 – 2009
- District Attorney's Office of Kings County, Assistant District Attorney, 1987 – 1991
- Edelman & Edelman, P.C., Associate, 1984 – 1987
